ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,198, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Laterally excited bulk wave device with acoustic mirrors" was invented by Joshua James Caron (Summerfield, N.C.) and Rei Goto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laterally excited bulk acoustic wave device is disclosed. The laterally excited bulk acoustic wave device can include a first solid acoustic mirror, a second solid acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric layer that is positioned between the first solid acoustic mirror and the second solid acoustic mirror, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a support substr...